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Wollongong Stories
Sam St Jon
The 'Together Apart' Public Art Project is a...
14m 15s
5 contributors
Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories
Syd Atkins
Syd Atkins giving speech about the history of...
35m 19s
10 contributors
Dapto Stories
Frederick Moore Part 2 of 3
Fred Moore was born in Cobar, NSW on September...
26m 4s
7 contributors
Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories
Walter Bailey Part 2
Walter Bailey was born in Dapto, moved away...
37m 17s
1 contributor
Wollongong Stories
Ed Vormister Part 2 of 3
Ed Vormister was 101 when he gave this...
24m 51s
5 contributors
Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories
Diana Covell
Diana Covell moved from Sydney to Wollongong...
24m 56s
10 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Coralie Cunningham
Coralie Cunningham’s father worked at Mt Keira...
11m 5s
1 contributor
Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories
Tracee Lea: Illawarra Grevillia Park
Tracee talks about her experiences as a...
28m 11s
7 contributors
Wollongong Stories
John Southern
John Southern was born in 1914 in Hawthorne,...
26m 18s
3 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Helen Cavenagh
Helen worked at Wollongong City Libraries from...
18m 5s
6 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Tom Dixon
Tom Dixon Born in 1914 in Durham England, he...
29m 12s
2 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Chris Cartledge Part 1
Chris grew up in Fairy Meadow and had ten...
1h 22m 5s
9 contributors
Figtree and Unanderra Stories
Flo & Kath MacNamara
Flo and Kath both grew up at the small...
48m 36s
5 contributors
100% have edits
Wollongong Town Hall
Sandy Brenchley
Sandy moved to the Illawarra as a young...
20m 15s
3 contributors
Austinmer Stories
Roma Bates
Roma’s first memories of Austinmer are from...
22m 7s
2 contributors
Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories
Hans Buettner & Gordon McComb - Thirroul Ski Club Interview
Thirroul Ski Club celebrated its 50th...
1h 4m 9s
19 contributors
Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories
Bronwen Chamberlain
Bronwen Chamberlain grew up in Bulli. When she...
36m 56s
8 contributors
Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories
Anne Lehmann-Kuit - Educator Illawarra Folk Festival 2020
The annual Illawarra Folk Festival consists of...
9m 40s
5 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Ron Knowles
Ron grew up in Wollongong in the 1950s and has...
28m 23s
8 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Robin Hutton
Robin Hutton, a member of the Illawarra Choral...
1h 4m 5s
7 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Marie Glass
Marie Glass (nee Miller) grew up in...
37m 40s
4 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Ken Geary
Ken Geary has spent most of his life in...
1h 5m 3s
4 contributors
Figtree and Unanderra Stories
Joan & Ron Cairns
Joan and Ron have lived most of their lives in...
35m 30s
5 contributors
Austinmer Stories
Marge Gilleland
Marge Gilleland talks about her life growing...
46m 50s
4 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Robyn Letham and Sheelagh Garaghty
Robyn Letham and Sheelagh Geraghty are both...
1h 4m 5s
4 contributors
100% have edits
Wollongong Town Hall
Ann James
Ann James (nee Simpson), whose grandfather was...
52m 27s
2 contributors
Aboriginal Community Members' Stories
Kevin Butler
Uncle Kev Butler is a respected Aboriginal...
33m 39s
2 contributors
Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories
Robert Parsons
Robert trained and worked as a typewriter...
17m 35s
10 contributors
Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories
Paul Tuckerman
Paul has lived in the Northern suburbs all his...
16m 28s
2 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Marcia and Karren Belcher
Marcia Belcher (nee Day) born in Kenny Street,...
42m 59s
8 contributors
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1% awaiting review
Austinmer Stories
Robert Woodhill & Peter Cuninghame
Robert Woodhill grew up in Austinmer and his...
1h 2m 12s
6 contributors
15% have edits
Surf Clubs of the Illawarra
Kate Balding - Coldale
Kate Balding is the president of Coledale Surf...
30m
1 contributor
Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories
Judy Bourke Part 2 of 2
Judy is a community-minded pioneer who has...
42m 23s
9 contributors
Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories
John Mallia Part 2 of 2
John Mallia migrated to Australia from Malta...
52m 13s
8 contributors
Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories
Snowy Webster
Snowy Webster was born in Melbourne in 1920,...
1h 17m 16s
4 contributors
58% have edits
Wollongong Stories
Mary Rose Liverani Part 1 of 2
Mary Rose was born in Glasgow and migrated to...
47m 27s
5 contributors
Dapto Stories
Neale Armstrong
Neale Armstrong was born in 1936 in Wollongong...
25m 30s
5 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Elsie Baird
Elsie Baird nee Looney was born in 1923 in...
32m 19s
10 contributors
Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories
Graeme Morrison - Secretary of the Illawarra Folk Club
The annual Illawarra Folk Festival consists of...
9m 2s
5 contributors
Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories
Gunter Grafenauer
Gunter was born in Austria and migrated to...
20m 20s
3 contributors
Ocean Pools of the Illawarra
Joy Lynch
Joy talks about the origins of the Austinmer...
18m 37s
1 contributor
Aboriginal Community Members' Stories
Richard Davis
Richard Davis is a Dharawal man who was born...
41m 43s
2 contributors
Men's Shed stories
Bill Wilson - Port Kembla
Bill Wilson is a long-time member of the Port...
14m 59s
15 contributors
Helensburgh, Otford & Stanwell Tops Stories
Carol Herben, Waterfall/ Garrawarra Sanatorium & Cemetery 2013
Carol Herben was a Wollongong-based local...
18m 28s
2 contributors
Dapto Stories
Pamela Towers Part 3 of 3
Pamela Towers (nee Bain) was born in 1938 in...
8m 36s
8 contributors
Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories
Thirroul Poetry Club
The Thirroul Poetry Club meets at Thirroul...
11m
8 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Deidre Armstrong Part 2
Deidre went to school in Wollongong and after...
37m 20s
2 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Sharyn Mackenzie
Sharyn Mackenzie shares her involvement in...
49m 8s
2 contributors
16% have edits
Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories
Melinda Wishart - Performer Illawarra Folk Festival 2020
The annual Illawarra Folk Festival consists of...
14m 24s
6 contributors
Community Stories
Nola Dunne
Nola Dunne was born in Unanderra in 1931. She...
21m 4s
0 contributors
Austinmer Stories
Don Bath Part 2 of 2
Don Bath was born in Coledale Hospital in the...
1h 27m 10s
7 contributors
Austinmer Stories
Peter & May Sharman
Peter and May Sharman had happy and free...
1h 5m 18s
1 contributor
Dapto Stories
Mavis Stevenson
Mavis Doreen Stevenson was born in Corrimal on...
20m 8s
6 contributors
Dapto Stories
Anne Powter
Anne Powter (nee Jepsen) was born in 1942 and...
24m 36s
10 contributors
Shacks of the Royal National Park
Denis Brown
Denis has been visiting his family’s shack at...
58m 38s
5 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Ed Vormister Part 1 of 3
Ed Vormister was 101 when he gave this...
34m 33s
6 contributors
Shacks of the Royal National Park
Brian Bell
Brian’s family stayed in a shack at Bonnie...
18m 21s
7 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Edith Robertson
Edith has lived in the same house all her life...
44m 34s
8 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Kirli Saunders
Kirli Saunders is a proud Gunai Woman,...
19m 47s
5 contributors
Ocean Pools of the Illawarra
Barry Adams
Brief bio (one sentence): Barry Adams, a...
21m 14s
10 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Deidre Armstrong Part 1
Deidre went to school in Wollongong and after...
41m 2s
2 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Robert Reed
Robert Reed worked at Mt Keira Mine from 1951...
28m 16s
2 contributors
Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories
George Murray Part 1
George Murray was born in Scotland and arrived...
52m 50s
1 contributor
Dapto Stories
Frederick Moore Part 3 of 3
Fred Moore was born in Cobar, NSW on September...
39m 34s
7 contributors
Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories
Susan Richardson - Performer, Illawarra Folk Festival 2020
The annual Illawarra Folk Festival consists of...
10m 15s
6 contributors
Community Stories
Fred Moore
Born in Cobar in 1922, Fred Moore moved to...
35m 48s
2 contributors
Community Stories
Bonnie Shuttleworth
Bonnie Shuttleworth worked as a mobile nurse...
12m 28s
1 contributor
Wollongong Town Hall
Janet Bitter and David Bryars
Dave Bryars and Janet Bitter, members of the...
52m 36s
8 contributors
19% have edits
Wollongong Town Hall
Judy Bourke
Judy Bourke grew up in Wollongong went to St...
1h 15m 38s
11 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Ed Vormister Part 3 of 3
Ed Vormister was 101 when he gave this...
23m 52s
4 contributors
Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories
Matt Munro
Matt Munro shares a detailed reflection of his...
1h 1m 10s
2 contributors
Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories
George Murray Part 2
George Murray was born in Scotland and arrived...
24m 59s
1 contributor
Austinmer Stories
Carol North
Carol North is 99 years old and has lived in...
42m 25s
2 contributors
Austinmer Stories
Col Bruton
Col Bruton grew up in Coledale and shares his...
1h 12m 29s
2 contributors
Shacks of the Royal National Park
Sally Kelly
Sally Kelly lived in her family’s shack (in...
17m 47s
6 contributors
Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories
Colin Gibson
Colin Gibson owner of Gibson Hairdressing...
30m 30s
3 contributors
Aboriginal Community Members' Stories
Sonny (Henry) Simms Part 2
Sonny is a Bidjigal man who was born in La...
40m 17s
5 contributors
CWA Stories
Lyn Haynes
Lyn Haynes started her involvement in...
13m 53s
3 contributors
Dapto Stories
Karolyn Spinks Part 2 of 2
Karolyn Spinks was born in Wellington, NZ on...
16m 2s
6 contributors
Shacks of the Royal National Park
Helen Scaife
Helen Scaife’s family have been staying at...
24m 23s
3 contributors
Wollongong Stories
Ken Christophers
Ken was born in 1935 in Coniston and grew up...
21m 58s
8 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Maurene Dredge
Maurene Dredge (nee Rosten), a lifelong...
26m 38s
2 contributors